Sometimes quotes don't mean the most and now I am providing a second, but Hotoven's piece reminded me of the one I appreciated during my toughest struggle. Nelson Mandela inspired himself and others prisoners through it, likely after finding it in literature, but I came across it in a Clint Eastwood flick about him:

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,Black as the pit from pole to pole,I thank whatever gods may beFor my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstanceI have not winced nor cried aloud.Under the bludgeonings of chanceMy head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tearsLooms but the Horror of the shade,And yet the menace of the yearsFinds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,How charged with punishments the scroll,I am the master of my fate:I am the captain of my soul.

At the age of 12, Henley contracted tuberculosis of the bone. A few years later, the disease progressed to his foot, and physicians announced that the only way to save his life was to amputate directly below the knee. It was amputated when he was 17. Stoicism inspired him to write this poem. Despite his disability, he survived with one foot intact and led an active life

EB - A stand up guy. One of the most helpful people on this site, bar none. EB has inspired me to test my skill on routes up here in the PNW and has given me just enough of his innate knowledge to be able to pull it off.

Hope you kick this thing soon EB. You've been one of the most helpful people on the forum lately. Speaking as one of the over-40 people here, we're counting on you to prove MoapaPk's friends wrong about the warranty expiration thing.

It was a good outing. I recall is hiking around the far end of Colchuck Lake in the evening. You asked if thre were bears here. I confidently stated "Why, I've been here dozens of times, never seen a bear." 10 secsonds later something sounding very much like a bear issued a low growl from the vegetation next to the trail.

It was a good outing. I recall is hiking around the far end of Colchuck Lake in the evening. You asked if thre were bears here. I confidently stated "Why, I've been here dozens of times, never seen a bear." 10 secsonds later something sounding very much like a bear issued a low growl from the vegetation next to the trail.

EB

I remember looking into brush and asking you "is that a bear?". Only to turn and see you had started double-timing down the trail Get well soon!